I visited the National Gallery of Scotland and found some interesting pieces of art that caught my eye. The Monarch of the Glen is on the left below. This piece by Edwin Landseer caught my eye because the background is simply beautiful. From the colours in the sky, down to the tones in the mountains and grass along the bottom, Landseer has beautifully framed the animal in the front and centre of the piece. The high level of detail is continued here as well as there being good tone in the shadows on the animal. Overall, this is a very pretty and captivating piece to view.

On the right above are two pieces showing a vast view of a hilly area. What I found interesting about these two pieces is that they almost fit together but don’t quite work as a continuation of the same view. They are in fact paintings of different places but the way that they have been placed briefly suggests that they could be a continuation of the same area. The choice of a misty day by the artist is interesting to me as it depicts silence and coldness. This is an interesting choice of atmosphere for a piece. This is contrasted by the red wall that the painting have been hung on because red suggests warmth and love which are two things that I don’t get from the paintings themselves.